Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-23
]. El|!'pitome Of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
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1 INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
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WHAT is known as the drive-well patent
was on the 18th declared invalid by the
Supreme Court Of the United States
4 JAMES E. QUINN, of District Assembly 40,
Knights of Labor, of New York, was one Of
the many who petltioned Governor Oglesby
In behalf of the Chicago Anarchists He
said on the 18th that the Governor told dim
that for. every petition for mercy for the
condemned men he could produce hun
dreds from law-ablding citizens all over the
country requesting him not to interfere
with the sentence. *s''s, >~s.z:ss t@vy5 O.
. A FIRE on the 14th in Brooklyn, N. Y,
destroyed the Prospect Park & Coney Island
railway station, the stables of the Wander
bilt avenue horse car line, 1877 horses, a
quantity Of feed, rolling stock, etc, valued
at 5000, 900 ~... .. .s ......-
In the Joliet penitentiary sohwab and
Fielder, the Anarchists, were ON the 18th
assigned to work, the latter in the marble
shop and Schwab in the bakery, where he
will assist IN kneeding dough =
AT meeting in Chicago on the 14th Of
ministers of all denominations Francis Muir
ply was requested to commence winter
campaign against intemperance In Chicago.
: ADv1CEs OF the 18th say that as a result of
the drought in the Miami valley, in Ohio,
epidemics of diphtheria and fevers prevail
resulting in many deaths The schools were
closed at Lewisburg, and children were for
hidden to appear upon the streets
Z. A billiard, one of the oldest citizens
OF Grinneu County, Ga, growing jealous of
the wife who had borne him eleven chill
dren, killed her ON the 18th with an axe
JOHN e. WEBER, an employee of the
Northern Pacific Express Company at St
Paul, disappeared on the 14th, taking with
him large amount Of money that had
been expressed to Western points
TEE execution Of the Chicago Anarchists
has so thoroughly disguised Mr.. George
Francis Train that he declared on the 14th
that he would leave the country, never to
return.
on the New York Stock Exchange, suspend
ed on the 18th 1t was thought his liabili-
ties would amount to about ST. 900 OOO
SOPHIA YAGER, a young woman, pleaded
guilty of demonstrating at Madison, Wis on
the 18th, and was sentenced to two years
imprisonment
A FIRE on the 18th destroyed cotton
compress at Little Book, Ark, causing q
loss of $500, OOO.,
TIE Bank of Dakin, Kan, closed its doors
on the 14th and made an assignment
ETHAN LEAK, a farmer who resided near
Jamestown, Ind, accidentally discharged 3
revolver on the 14th and seriously wounded
his wife. Thinking he had killed her he
blew his own brains out =
A COTTON compress at Greenville, Tex,
was destroyed by fire on the 14th, causing
loss of $25O,OOO!
Or to the 14Jh there had been $40 cases
Of yellow fever at Tampa, Fla, and IS
deaths :: =
ANattempt on the 14th to wreck pas
senger train near Wichita, Kan, by plling
ties on the track, was discovered by the en-
gineer in time to avert the disaster:
The Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg rail-
cars with steam from the engine, abolishing
stoves altogether
TIE Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati,
composed of ministers of nearly all the
churches of that city, at a meeting on the
18th depiOred the Impending Hperils of
anarchism, socialism, uluramon5anism, inf
deity, Sabbath breaking and intemper-
ance," and promised their assistance in
combining the patriotism and Christianity
OF the country against the dangers from
such sources which threatened the United
States
THE sixth annual meeting of the Baptist
National congress began its sessions at In
dianapolis, Ind, on the 10Th
On the 18th two Mormon elders who
were striving to make converts to their
faith were driven out of Jefferson County,
Ala, by fifty armed men
LEE MosIER was hanged on the 18th at
Wichita, Kan, for the murder of Hugh B.
Lawler, in the Indian Territory, in October,
1886. It was the first judicial hanging in
the State in eighteen years
IKUTESANT-GENERA P. b. SHERIDAN, in
his annual report on the 18th, says that,
according to the last consolidated returns
the army consists of 2, 200 officers and "a,
236 men. ..
COMMODORE T. D. NELSON said on the 18th
that the outlook for Americas. navy was
very bright and asked for authority to re-
pair the historic sloop-of-war Hartford at
q cost of $175, 600 en-. 1s.gg.-..e.
THE shoe manufacturers Of the country
met IN New York on the 18th and formed q
permanent association for the purpose of
making an effectual resistance in case un-
just demands are made upon them by their
employees 80 ~
CHARLES CAvANAN died in New York on the
18th of hydrophobia He was bitten by a
small dog last October, 49,; :. -.
Ar meeting of representative railroad
men in New YORK on the 18th committee
was appointed to present at future gath
ering general scheme for the heating Of
cars by steam = (..-s- r
Two Warrants who recently attempted
to assault two women In the southern por-
ton Of Pike County, No., we're captured on
the 18th and hanged to trees, ~
EXTENSIVE forest fires were raging on the
18th throughout the western counties of
Tennessee and the eastern counties Of Ar
kansaa Great damage had been done.
EIGHT Crow Indians who took part in the
late uprising were on the 18th incarcerated
at Forg Smelling IL. 44sz5s
A SENSATION was caused on the 18th at the
poor farm near Hudson, Wis, by the dis
covery there of q genuine leper in the per-
= son OF Martin Donaldson, who came from
Ceylon few years ago. z...sr.
RANDOLPH GRA1DEN, aged nine years, OF
Taylor Center, Mich, shot and killed his lit
tie sister on the 18th while playing with q
revolver. -. szs355 31s33saz Il,
The grand jury In New York City on the
18th indicted for conspiracy the members
OF the shoemakers Assembly, Knights OF
Labor, for demanding and securing the dis